The outer edge of Cyclone Bijli began lashing southern Bangladesh on Friday night, officials said, as the government ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of residents from the country's low-lying coast. Neighboring Myanmar was also bracing for the storm.

Firefighters on Saturday dug up nine more bodies in two mass graves at the headquarters compound of Bangladesh's border guards, raising the death toll to 75 in the force's two-day mutiny, officials said.

Mutinous Bangladeshi border guards who stormed their headquarters in the capital and opened fire on their superior officers agreed to surrender Wednesday after the government said it would grant them amnesty.